Mitt Romney's Campaign Cancels Staffers Credit Cards In The Middle Of The Night

[DeSwiss]

Source: Forbes

Helaine Olen, Contributor
11/08/2012 @ 4:25PM

The next time you have the misfortune of hearing a Wall Street titan or other one-percenter whine about how their trickle-down contributions are not appreciated by the masses remember this tidbit, courtesy of Garrett Haake at NBC:

From the moment Mitt Romney stepped off stage Tuesday night, having just delivered a brief concession speech he wrote only that evening, the massive infrastructure surrounding his campaign quickly began to disassemble itself.

Aides taking cabs home late that night got rude awakenings when they found the credit cards linked to the campaign no longer worked.

No doubt a whole host of Boston taxi drivers found themselves stiffed when it came to tips early Wednesday morning. That’s what happens when the money trickles up, not down and it’s why healthy economies don’t depend on the trickle down whims of overlords. The minute Richie Rich decides he doesn’t need all that stuff staff … well, that’s that.

Read more: http://www.forbes.com/sites/helaineolen/2012/11/08/mitt-romneys-campaign-cancels-staffers-credit-cards-in-the-middle-of-the-night/

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- All those who aren't the least bit surprised by this, raise your hand........

[defacto7]

1. Smaller, Smarter, Shaftsome

[1ProudAtheist]

26. After I Posted This Story

on a local website, a friend of mine summed it up pretty well. He stated that Twitt is a "thoroughbred P.O.S." I am pretty sure that nothing that I could add to that would make it any better.

[HowHasItComeToThis]

28. IT WAS JUST A BUSINESS VENTURE ALL ALONG

[SubgeniusHasSlack]

2. Dick move, mitch.

Unsurprising.

[tomm2thumbs]

11. simple. true. well said.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

21. +1 nt

[The Wielding Truth]

3. With all the money they raised and all the money Romney has, you would think that his aides could

have had one more day to get themselves together after all they did for his campaign.

[Tumbulu]

4. A jerk through and through

and a money launderer.....how he got that many votes is beyond me.

[DeSwiss]

5. Exactly. :-/

[Selatius]

6. I wonder how many of those staffers will remain Repubs after Romney screwed them over.

I bet a good many of them will remain Repub, despite getting screwed by a One Percenter who is a--in their words--a "job creator."

[Angry Dragon]

12. We need to keep track by the week of how many jobs Willard creates

[Selatius]

16. I'm not holding my breath. Vulture capitalism destroys more than it creates.

Bain Capital claims to rehabilitate failing firms by buying them out and restructuring them to profitability before selling them, but too often, private equity firms engage in the corporate equivalent of house flipping. They buy them; they tell them to take on debt, a large percentage of which is executive bonuses and salaries; they sell the enterprise after the last checks roll in to their accounts in the Caymans. House flipping, except with entire corporations and labor forces of people.

[cosmicone]

44. They could also produce a treasurechest full of leaks! n/t

[No Vested Interest]

7. "I Like To Fire People."

[Zambero]

8. Guess they didn't quite work hard enough for Willard?

"You worthless lazy bastards -- I lost this thing because of you. Consider yourself cancelled and cut off. Now pay for your own cab fare home or hoof it, your choice!"

[bluetexas]

9. Welcome to the 47% n/t

[Blue Owl]

10. Romney works under the cover of darkness

n/t

[Ash_F]

13. This is literally the best thing about this election.

Can't wait to share this with my Romney voting co-workers.

[mimi85]

38. Same Here

At least our nice neighbor (but low info voter) had the sense to remove his NOBAMA sticker off his big ass truck. My husband and I call them "small dick" trucks. Overcompensation and all that.

[TomCADem]

14. Adelson, Koch, Etc., Have Come To Collect Apparently...

Its amazing the amount of money that a select group of billionaires threw at the Romney campaign.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

15. Someone will have an interesting behind-the-scenes book to write

There's the friction between Romney and Christie and why Christie barely mentioned Romney's name in his keynote convention speech. There are the stories about Ryan and Romney being called Gilligan and Stench by staffers behind their backs. There's the strange and sudden departure of Romney campaign co-chairman Tim Pawlenty just weeks before the election, there are the stories by Ann and the sons of Romney losing it and having near mental breakdowns, there are the apparent rogue moments where Romney didn't listen to his aides and criticized Obama on his handling of Libya before any facts came out, the reported infighting at Romney headquarters about Romney rejecting several drafts of his convention speech and editing out himself references to Afghanistan, tensions and finger pointing over campaign aide Stu Stevens’ mistake in letting Clint Eastwood give a convention speech without bothering to check in advance what it would consist of, and now this.

[Selatius]

18. It's like Hitler's bunker in the final days. "I want those twelve divisions defending Berlin now!!!"

Yet, secretly, many top officers were whispering that most of those divisions had been destroyed and that no escape was possible.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

22. +1 nt

[Hekate]

25. Who is your nomination for the author of the tell-all book?

It should be ... interesting.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

27. I wish I knew enough about the internal workings to answer

I'm hoping though that it will be at least as entertaining as the book about Palin's quirks, Game Change. I'm hoping all the neurotic details of Mitt's fits of anger, fear, bullying, and self-doubt emerge. It could be very ugly, and funny. Treating his staffers like dirt probably won't encourage them to hold their tongues.

[xxqqqzme]

35. I'm guessing they all had

to sign some sort of non-disclosure. As secretive and paranoid as he is, I would think that would be requirement for employment. Was there a book about his governorship or the Olympics?

[yardwork]

58. Anonymous books about campaigns have been published before.

[agracie]

17. Hand raised. All fingers showing . n/t

[DeSwiss]

33. I see he's said his goodbyes to his running mate as well......

[flamingdem]

19. The WORST part of this is what he is thinking:

"I like to fire people"

[uppityperson]

20. I wonder if any of them will volunteer next time?

[jorgebob28]

23. Couldn't Have Happened To A More Deserving Group Of People

A right righteous send-off if you ask me. Maybe they will learn from this but I doubt it.

[dlwickham]

24. I'm actually surprised

didn't think the campaign was this tacky but I guess I was wrong

[Turbineguy]

29. Look at the bright side.

Romney found out there are 58 million gullible, easily manipulated people in the US, ready to harvest for profits!

[xxqqqzme]

36. If he had to run for president to learn that.

it us a very lame business plan.

[joshcryer]

30. We dodged a serious bullet.

[99th_Monkey]

31. +100 nt

[The Straight Story]

32. But mitt's website is still up and you can make donations....(nt)

[DeSwiss]

34. It's still up because he knows someone out there will.

[richardatkins]

61. Romney's Site still up, taking donations, selling Romney/Ryan Merchandise..............

Seems kind of weird that Romney's site is still up taking contributions and selling merchandise. Once a capitalist, always a capitalist.

Well, just in time for Christmas, here is, "The 12 Days of Romney" for your enjoyment.

"THE 12 DAYS OF ROMNEY"

On the first day of Romney, my true love gave to me
A flip flopper in a Pear Tree

On the second day of Romney, my true love gave to me
No Medicare
And a flip flopper in a Pear Tree

On the third day of Romney, my true love gave to me
Ryan lyin’ hard
No more Medicare
And a flip flopper in a Pear Tree

On the fourth day of Romney, my true love gave to me
Akin’ mouthin’ off
Ryan lyin’ hard
No more Medicare
And a flip flopper in a Pear Tree

On the fifth day of Romney, my true love gave to me
Lame 5 point plans
Akin’ mouthin’ off
Ryan lyin’ hard
No more medicare
And a flip flopper in a Pear Tree

On the sixth day of Romney, my true love gave to me
Tax cuts for the rich
Lame, 5 point plans
Akin’ mouthin’ off
Ryan lyin’ hard
No more Medicare
And a flip flopper in a Pear Tree

On the seventh day of Romney, my true love gave to me
Jobs that go to China
Tax cuts for the rich
Lame, 5 point plans
Akin’ mouthin’ off
Ryan lyin’ hard
No more Medicare
And a flip flopper in a Pear Tree

On the eighth day of Romney, my true love gave to me
A pink slip for Big Bird
Jobs that go to China
Tax cuts for the rich
Lame, 5 point plans
Akin’ mouthin’ off
Ryan lyin’ hard
No more Medicare
And a flip flopper in a Pear Tree

On the ninth day of Romney, my true love gave to me
Terminal Romnesia
A pink slip for Big Bird
Jobs that go to China
Tax cuts for the rich
Lame, 5 point plans
Akin’ mouthin’ off
Ryan lyin’ hard
No more Medicare
And a flip flopper in a Pear Tree

On the tenth day of Romney, my true love gave to me
Women full of binders
Terminal Romnesia
A pink slip for Big Bird
Jobs that go to China
Tax cuts for the rich
Lame, 5 point plans
Akin’ mouthin’ off
Ryan lyin’ hard
No more Medicare
And a flip flopper in a Pear Tree

On the eleventh day of Romney, my true love gave to me
Bayonets and horses
Women full of binders
Terminal Romnesia
A pink slip for Big Bird
Jobs that go to China
Tax cuts for the rich
Lame, 5 point plans
Akin’ mouthin’ off
Ryan lyin’ hard
No more Medicare
And a flip flopper in a Pear Tree

On the twelfth day of Romney, my true love was aghast
Out with Roe V. Wade
Bayonets and horses
Women full of binders
Terminal Romnesia
A pink slip for Big Bird
Jobs that go to China
Tax cuts for the rich
Lame, 5 point plans
Akin’ mouthin’ off
Ryan lyin’ hard
No more Medicare
AND A FLIP FLOPPER IN A PEAR TREE!

[KANTANA]

37. The campaign was a business venture for R-Money all along.

Mitt Romney owns Bain Capital. Bain Capital owns Clear Channel, a media organisation, which owns 100's of radio and TV stations. Sheldon Adelson, Coch Brothers, and other oligarchs through Carl Rove invested about $2 billion in the Romney campaign. This money was spend in the media most of which Mitt owns through Bain capital. Mitt Romney must have come out of this election having increased his wealth tremendously to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. In the end, he is a very happy man.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021698004

[caseymoz]

39. Except his billionaire friends have taken a bath.

Really, his contributors are going to blame him for their losses. He may have made money, but bridges have been burned.

[peacebird]

40. Way to stay classy mitt. "Aides taking cabs home got a rude suprise when their CCs no longer worked"

[Berlum]

41. Screwing the 'Little People.' How Republican is that?

Totally.

[lunatica]

42. Well that was a fuck you very much wasn't it?

Maybe their credit cards were cancelled while Mitt was on stage giving his concession speech and thanking his staff. Suddenly they wanted to save their billionaire backers' money. Let's just call it an austerity move, just like they would do to us if they won.

[Fumesucker]

43. Nothing personal, just business

[irisblue]

53. "tears of impotent rage"

made mse laugh

[Setsuna1972]

45. Thats his MO alright

Bastard would have started firing people left and right the moment he finished the Oath !

[McCamy Taylor]

46. Hand raise.

[tavernier]

47. Compare it to this

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[tavernier]

48. And especially

check out at 3:40

And as I'm writing this, morning Joe just announced that he is about to play it after the commercial.

[Ineeda]

49. I LOVE this story.

It's a true illustration of his total lack of character, empathy, compassion, and loyalty. Normally I'd feel sorry for the lowly employee being shafted like that, but they were part of the game. They were complicit. They are just as despicable as their former boss. They just haven't climbed the ladder to the top yet. It would be nice if even one of them had learned a lesson from this, but each and every one of them willingly and enthusiastically chose to work for a creep. So they are creeps, too, and deserve our contempt.

[Roland99]

50. I am Jack's complete lack of surprise

[Javaman]

51. those gop staffer spending a night at local motel with an escort were the most surprised!

[RobinA]

52. I Fail to See a Problem

for these individuals. I mean, they can't expect "stuff," after all, they aren't Obama voters. The campaign work was over. Surely they didn't expect to be paid for no work, only Democrats want that. I can't imagine they had any expectations of some sort of "social contract" that they would be able to finish out their duties on someone else's dime. Personal responsibility, afterall. And hard work. Can't pay a cab fare? They should have had enough money in their pockets like any responsible person would have. Sounds like a culture of dependence to me.

[valerief]

54. Cheaper, greedier, meaner. nt

[struggle4progress]

55. Well, he made his money by dicking people over: and after he made hundreds of millions,

his primary concern seems to be that he pays too much in taxes

Still, you'd think that all the folk who gave up normal lives to traipse around the country, trying to get him elected, might have gotten their election night hotel bills paid by the campaign

What a putz

[truthisfreedom]

56. Not surprised.

No loyalty.

[Quantess]

57. Maybe a little surprised...

that is pretty shitty of mitty.

[mulsh]

59. Obviously he's excetionally experienced at mass lay offs.

I wonder why there's no mention of the worker's email accounts freezing and hard drives being collected. You can be sure a few "key" operative did this on election night too.

[sakabatou]

60. What a douchebag

[Megahurtz]

62. Romney Would Be Pulling Off

the same kind of stunts on this country right now if he won. These are his true colors.

[montanto]

63. I'm sorry for the staffers, a little, but

couldn't they have predicted this? I mean, who did they think they were dealing with, Santa Claus? They were lucky someone didn't sneak into their rooms and steal their wallets in the middle of the night.

[ehrnst]

64. I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if hundreds of Romney staffers suddenly cried out,

"Mutherfucker!!"

[paulbibeau]

65. Thanks for posting this.

It's a great, very telling snapshot of the guy who was almost president.